EP2144572B1 - Vorrichtung zum vorschieben des unterkiefers - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zum vorschieben des unterkiefers Download PDF

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EP2144572B1
EP2144572B1 EP07761102A EP07761102A EP2144572B1 EP 2144572 B1 EP2144572 B1 EP 2144572B1 EP 07761102 A EP07761102 A EP 07761102A EP 07761102 A EP07761102 A EP 07761102A EP 2144572 B1 EP2144572 B1 EP 2144572B1
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    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61C—DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE
    • A61C7/00—Orthodontics, i.e. obtaining or maintaining the desired position of teeth, e.g. by straightening, evening, regulating, separating, or by correcting malocclusions
    • A61C7/36—Devices acting between upper and lower teeth
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F5/00—Orthopaedic methods or devices for non-surgical treatment of bones or joints; Nursing devices; Anti-rape devices
    • A61F5/56—Devices for preventing snoring
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  • This invention is related to oral appliances for preventing or alleviating snoring and sleep apnea.
  • the appliance is a removable mandibular advancement device that uses coil springs to pull the lower jaw forward during use.
  • an oral appliance that serves to move the mandible forward reduces sleep apnea and snoring of a user.
  • a variety of appliances are available that are removable and advance the mandible. Some of these appliances are adjustable to provide different mandible advancement forces.
  • the splint is made of two thermoformable trays designed to envelop the upper and lower arch, and includes an articulated frame having rigid and flexible elements, immersed in the thermoformable flexible material or molded around it.
  • the upper and lower trays are connected by so-called advancement means, e.g. elastic loops, fastened to the trays by hooks.
  • US 3,618,214 A relates to an orhtodontic spring appliance to replace rubber or latex elastic bands for application of corrective intermaxillary forces to teeth.
  • the appliance includes several coaxial coil springs secured together at their ends and having a protective flexible sheath therearound. A pair of eyelets are secured at opposite ends of the assembly for engagement with hooks on orthodontic arch wires, brackets etc.
  • the present invention is a removable, adjustable oral appliance for alleviating snoring and sleep apnea in a user.
  • the appliance has tension springs fitted between ball type hook supports on both sides of an upper teeth conforming tray and extending in tension to one of a plurality of ball type hook supports on the teeth conforming lower tray. These springs provide discrete levels of tension force to the lower jaw to advance the jaw forward.
  • Fig. 1 is a side view of the upper and lower trays with the tension coil springs in place.
  • Fig. 2 is a side view of a coil spring having a protective plastic sleeve thereon and
  • Fig. 3 is an exploded view
  • the appliance 10 includes an upper tray 11 that conforms with the user's upper teeth including maxillary dentition soft tissue and palate and includes a ball type hook support 13 on each side of the tray, and a lower tray 12 that conforms to the user's lower teeth including mandibular dentition and soft tissue and that includes a plurality of ball type hook supports 13 on each side of the tray.
  • the upper hook support on each side of the upper tray is attached at a forward portion of the tray, and the plurality of hook supports on each side of the lower tray are attached at a rearward portion of the tray.
  • the upper and lower trays are injection molded and made of acrylic plastic. Other materials may be used, as well, which have similar properties to the acrylic plastic.
  • the upper and lower trays may also be laboratory fabricated with the spherical ball attached. The balls may be in injection molded and attached to the upper and lower trays with an adhesive.
  • Each of the hook supports 13 have smooth spherical balls and a stem extending therefrom that fits into corresponding holes in the upper and lower trays and are bonded thereto.
  • Each spring 14 shown in Fig. 2 may be made of plastic or stainless steel and has a curved hook at each end.
  • a sleeve 15 as seen in Fig. 2 may be positioned over each spring to guard against injury to a user's gums.
  • the sleeve 15 may be made of plastic or other suitable material.
  • a doctor would determine the proper strength coil springs to be used and would hook one end of the coil springs to the hook support on each side of the upper tray and hook the other end of the coil springs to one of the plurality of hook supports on each side of the lower tray.
  • the particular hook support used to hook the spring ends on the lower tray would be determined by the doctor to provide a predetermined tension force to each side of the lower tray to advance the mandible forward under the proper tension in the direction of the arrow seen in Fig. 1 .
  • the appliance of the invention provides many advantages over prior art appliances including posterior support for all posterior teeth, complete vertical and lateral freedom of movement of the mandible, no sharp edges that may injure a user, and easy adjustment of the mandible advancement force. Furthermore, the tension springs are less likely to break as compared with elastic bands.

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  1. Mundvorrichtung (10) zur Verwendung beim Vorschieben des Unterkiefers eines Benutzers, umfassend obere und untere Platten (11, 12), die zu den oberen und unteren Zähnen eines Benutzers passen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass:
    ein Paar Kugelanker (13), einer an jeder Seite des vorderen Bereichs der oberen Platte (11), angebracht ist,
    eine Mehrzahl von Kugelankern (13) an jeder Seite des hinteren Bereichs der unteren Platte (12) angebracht ist, und
    ein Paar von Schraubenzugfedern (14) vorgesehen ist, wobei jede Feder (14) mit einem Ende davon am Kugelanker (13) an jeder Seite der oberen Platte (11) eingehakt ist und an einem der Mehrzahl von Kugelankern (13) an jeder Seite der unteren Platte (12) eingehakt ist,
    wodurch die Federspannung jeder Schraubenfeder (14) an der unteren Platte (12) angepasst werden kann, indem das eingehakte Ende an jeder Seite der unteren Platte (12) zu einem anderen Kugelanker (13) verlagert werden kann.
  2. Mundvorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, wobei jeder Kugelanker (13) ein kugelförmiges Element umfasst, von dem aus sich eine Stange erstreckt, wobei die Stange in ein entsprechendes Loch in der oberen und unteren Platte (11, 12) passt.
  3. Mundvorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, des Weiteren aufweisend eine Kunststoffhülse (15), die über jeder der Schraubenfedern (14) positioniert ist.
  4. Mundvorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Mehrzahl von Kugelankern (13) vier Kugelanker (13) an jeder Seite der unteren Platte umfasst.
  5. Mundvorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Schraubenfedern (14) aus rostfreiem Stahl gefertigt sind.
  6. Mundvorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, wobei die obere und die untere Platte (11, 12) im Spritzgussverfahren hergestellte Acrylelemente sind.
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